DJ Funk, a Chicago-born musician and producer who coined the “ghetto house,” has died at age 54. Funk, whose real name was Charles Chambers, had been “bravely” battling stage 4 cancer ...

Roy Ayers, the "Everybody Loves the Sunshine" jazz-funk virtuoso who paved the way for neo-soul, has died at age 84 ...

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Roy Ayers, the legendary vibraphonist and musician behind 1976’s album “Everybody Loves the Sunshine,” has died. He was 84.

The Bodega played host to a set of empowering gigs commemorating International Women's Day, in collaboration with Dizzy ...

Roy Ayers, the legendary American vibraphonist, composer and pioneer of jazz-funk, died Tuesday, his family said. He was 84.

In Everybody Loves The Sunshine, Roy Ayers uses six of the seven notes in F# Dorian mode as roots for fourths chords: F-sharp, A, B, C-sharp, D-sharp and E. Three of the resulting minor 11th chords ...

with its minimalist synth-funk style, marked a new musical direction for Ayers. It made No. 12 on the US Dance chart and could be heard playing in the background in Michael Jackson’s video for ...

Billboard Arabia’s February cover star reflects on his journey from Gaza to global stages, exploring the diverse cultural ...